Fence corner brace



March 10, 1931. MASERANG I I I 1,795,728

FENCE CORNER BRACE Filed Ap ril 5, 1930 Patented Mar. 10,1931 7 p f V- g v I if I UNITED ATES If it 'lroHN' Bf MAsEn nG, or BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS FENCE coRNnR BRACE Application filedlApril 3, 19 3 0., serial No. 441,401.

This invention relates to new and useful hammer willnot strike the same, thereby improvements in fences, and particularly to effectively preventing mashing outwardly of fence, ost I 1 I I the upper end of said rib, with the result One object of the invention is to provide that the symmetry of the upper end of the a a fence post of novel and efficient construcpost is preserved. At thelower endof the 50 tion which is especially adapted for use ina" post the ribs 11 and 12 are enlarged, and infence corner.

Another object is to provide a post so edge portions as in theuppe'r portions thereshaped at its upper end, that a heavy hammer of, are provided with the sharpened edges 15,

10 may be used to drive the post into the ground, which aid in the penetration of the ground, 55 without injury to the said end of the post. bythe post. In each of the ribs 11 there are Another object isto providenovelmeans, formedthe'openings 16, which receive the for bracing the posts at the corner of a fence. threaded ends 17, of the braces 18. Figure A further object is to so construct the bot- 4 shows a detail of the construction of an 1:, tom portion of the post that said post will end of one of saidbraces. These braces are no not easily become loosened in the ground. particularly adapted for the corner of a fence, Other objects and advantages 'willbe apwhere the posts are arranged in triangular parent from the following de'scriptionwhen formation, the horizontal braces extending taken in connection with the accompanying from the corner post to the two adjacent posts,

2o drawing. while the inclined braces extend from the at 4 body of the post, whilethe upper end of the groundi I j, a,

In the drawing: upper portions of the corner post to the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence lower portions of the other posts, as clearly corner, showing the use of three of theimseen in Figure 6, of the drawing. Each of 7 proved posts and braces. the braces includes, a channeled bar 19, hav- 25 Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the ing the threaded studs 17 secured thereto, 7: posts. 1 g I said studs being disposedthrough the open- Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on ings 16, and nutsQO engaged thereon. the line 33 of Figure 2. v As clearly shown in Figure 1, a corner unit Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one is formed by three posts, one for the corner, to end of one of the brace bars. and the other two for the adjacent sides or 7-1 Referringparticularly to the accompanyadjoining fences, with thebraces connecting ing drawing, 10 represents the fence post, as the posts, and spacing them the proper disa whole, such post being for-med with the tances apart, so that when setting up a fence, longitudinally extending ribs 11, forming the this corner structure can be easily and v 05 inside or back of the post, and the longitudi- I quickly driven into its proper position within to nal rib 12, arrangedon the outer face of the the fence. The angle, in the corner of the 0st. The upper end of the post is provided fence, can be easily adjusted, by swinging with a flat face 13, covering the area of the the side posts toward or away from each upper ends of the ribs 11 and a portion of the other, before driving the same into the rib 12 is inclined downwardly and outwardly, What is claimed is: v

as indicated at 14. This face 13 is adapted A fence corner structure comprising a to be struck by a heavy hammer, or like tool, corner post and the adjacentpost of each of for driving the post into the ground, the inthe two intersecting fences, eachof the posts stead of having the blunt, or rounded outer 45 clined face I lbeing so arranged that the having longitudinal ribs having openings ad- 90 -jacent their upper and lower ends, rigid horizontal braces each consisting of a channel bar having studs secured in the channels at their opposite ends, and the studs secured Within certain upper openings of the corner post and said side posts, and rigid inclined braces each consisting of a channeled bar having studs secured in the channels at the opposite ends thereof with said studs secured Within other m openings of the upper end of the corner post and in openings in the lower ends of the said side posts.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

JOHN B. MASERANG. 

